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Plus proche, pour aller plus loin dans LA VIE ACTIVE Dichterbij, om nog verder te gaan in HET ACTIEVE LEVEN Brussels as a paradoxical Region Brussels has a poor and excluded population Related to unemployment : –High rate (+/- 20 %), –High youth employment rate : 35% –non qualified Jobseekers : 2/3 haven’t finished school (we must remember that high qualifications are required by companies in Brussels ) –High rate of long term unemployemt: between 55% and 70 % High number of people are living on social benefit incomes… Illiteracy :10 % within in the French community ; Discrimination : unemployment rate within Non european community is 3 times higher

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Plus proche, pour aller plus loin dans LA VIE ACTIVE Dichterbij, om nog verder te gaan in HET ACTIEVE LEVEN Case Study Josiane Van Meulen : French monolingual, low qualifications, single parent with a child of 2 years, Lives in low cost housing, she was working for a company which went bankrupt So she needs to find solutions urgently.…. « Any ressemblance to the character is not coincidential… »